Re: [Emc-users] Mitsubishi VFD control

2024-03-02 Thread lloyd wilson
The only other option (again quoting from the manual): External signal input (across terminals 2 (4)-5, multi-speed selection) which is even _less_ appropriate. On 3/2/24 05:00, andy pugh wrote: On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 02:37, lloyd wilson wrote: - operation mode (param. 79) set to 1

Re: [Emc-users] Mitsubishi VFD control

2024-03-01 Thread lloyd wilson
munication parity check 0 124 PU communication CR/LF selection 0 160 Extended function display selection 0 298 Frequency search gain 39 340 Communication startup mode selection 1 551 PU mode operation command source selection 4 Hope this helps!, Thaddeus On Mar 1, 2024, at 7:34 AM, ll

[Emc-users] Mitsubishi VFD control

2024-03-01 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm using a Mitsubishi E500 VFD for spindle drive on the VMC I'm retrofitting & can't get variable speed to cooperate. The mitsub_vfd program operates properly (I think)- run/stop behaves as expected, speed commands are generated and accepted by the VFD, but the  motor speed stays the same. I

Re: [Emc-users] mesa card install issue

2023-01-12 Thread lloyd wilson
tried that, multiple slots, 2 different machines, same behavior. looks like an order is in order. On 1/12/23 3:51 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Thu, 12 Jan 2023, lloyd wilson wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:34:15 -0500 From: lloyd wilson Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller

[Emc-users] mesa card install issue

2023-01-12 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm setting up a VMC machine, using a re-purposed Mesa 5i20 card (card is about a decade old). When attempting to configure the card, I get the following: bport@bport:~$ halrun -I halcmd: loadrt hostmot2 Note: Using POSIX realtime hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15 halcmd: loadrt

[Emc-users] (shell)scripture interpretation

2022-12-13 Thread lloyd wilson
trying to setup the environment to build LCNC from source. System has 2.8.4 upgrade from an fresh 2.8.2 ISO download, nothing else has been loaded. After downloading current source package from the git repository, ran configure script, which kicked out @ several points; retrieved indicated

Re: [Emc-users] external offsets

2021-03-10 Thread lloyd wilson
, 10 mar 2021 a las 13:53, lloyd wilson () escribió: I'm having trouble getting the new 2.8 external offset functionality to play nicely. Most of the (known) steps are working (as observed in the hal watch screen): - axis.a.eoffset-enable is set true. - inputs (step up & down) gene

[Emc-users] external offsets

2021-03-10 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm having trouble getting the new 2.8 external offset functionality to play nicely. Most of the (known) steps are working (as observed in the hal watch screen): - axis.a.eoffset-enable is set true. - inputs (step up & down) generate appropriate values in axis.a.eoffset-counts - offset

[Emc-users] another vmc project

2020-07-16 Thread lloyd wilson
I've recently acquired another controller transplant candidate, a mid/late 80s Bridgeport 520 vmc. The old girl  uses Fanuc DC (yellow cap) axis servos and drives, spindle is also Fanuc. I hope to keep the Fanuc servo drives, but so far, I haven't been able to locate any documents that spec

[Emc-users] 4 ton project?

2016-01-21 Thread lloyd wilson
I just went to look at a '80s Bridgeport VMC with Heidenhain controller and Fanuc yellow cap servos (didn't get inside a cabinet for closer investigation - yet). The beast has a tool changer and a bad controller. Anyone have experience with that particular configuration? Particularly, what

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle control

2015-12-30 Thread lloyd wilson
nf to produce a configuration , >> you usually see a >> sets spindle-at-speed true , this overides the spindle at speed >> it may be in your postgui.hal file . >> comment it out and you should be ok >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 29 Decemb

[Emc-users] Spindle control

2015-12-29 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm trying to add a pyvcp panel to control a spindle vfd. To take advantage of the 'at-speed' signal from the vfd to inhibit motion until ready, the motion component of LCNC needs to be aware of the spindle command state- from the documentation: *motion.spindle-at-speed* IN BIT Motion will

Re: [Emc-users] cutter offset misunderstanding

2015-10-28 Thread lloyd wilson
G90.1 is active, but the issue does not involve the circular arc - same complaint occurs if I comment out the G2 line. On 10/28/2015 01:53 AM, Craig Hodne wrote: > > On 10/27/2015 08:31 PM, lloyd wilson wrote: >> (my misunderstanding, I'm sure) >> >> I'm investigating u

Re: [Emc-users] cutter offset misunderstanding

2015-10-28 Thread lloyd wilson
Version is 2.8-pre (download early last month), running the Axis simulator. Selected tool (#1) is specified as .260" diameter in the tool table. When I specify G41.1 D0.260, the program accepts the entry. Complete program attached. On 10/28/2015 08:30 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: Can you please say

Re: [Emc-users] cutter offset misunderstanding

2015-10-28 Thread lloyd wilson
an update: I got the program to load properly by using longer lead-in motions - under some circumstances the compensation function seems to report a misleading error. thanks to all who looked at the issue. ldw On 10/28/2015 08:59 AM, lloyd wilson wrote: > Version is 2.8-pre (download ea

[Emc-users] cutter offset misunderstanding

2015-10-27 Thread lloyd wilson
(my misunderstanding, I'm sure) I'm investigating using the built-in cutter compensation, rather than calculating absolute coordinates. The first program worked OK, but LCNC complains about the following excerpt: 14: G41 15: G0X0.Y24.8610 16: G0Z-17. 17: M3 18:

[Emc-users] Spurious machine state changes, updates

2015-08-11 Thread lloyd wilson
I think I've solved the state change conundrum I asked about last week - While watching the debug messages (using 0x11c0 debug setting), a deactivation event occurred, causing a 'emcTaskPlanClose' event, but nothing that indicated the precipitant event. I backed the machine to a previous

[Emc-users] Spurious machine state changes

2015-08-03 Thread lloyd wilson
While executing the inaugural program on my Hurco, I have had several occurances of LCNC switching to the machine off state (not estop) at random points in the program. I'm running 2.7-pre4 (unless it auto-updated before going off-line). There are no error popups associated with the turnoffs;

Re: [Emc-users] Spurious machine state changes

2015-08-03 Thread lloyd wilson
start deciphering the error message settings thanks for quick responses lloyd On 08/03/2015 01:03 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 08/03/2015 09:31 AM, lloyd wilson wrote: While executing the inaugural program on my Hurco, I have had several occurances of LCNC switching to the machine off state

[Emc-users] help with torch height control

2015-01-12 Thread lloyd wilson
We are trying to adapt our Techno router (servo, not stepper) to use a plasma torch I'm having some difficulty understanding how to utilize the thcud hal component. Conceptually, it seems simple: the component sits between the axis and pid modules of the z axis and adds a correction to the

[Emc-users] e-stop update

2014-09-09 Thread lloyd wilson
Just to close the loop (and hopefully not to rouse Murphy from his benignant slumber) - we changed the 5V power supply to the PPMC chassis and have seen no further repeats of the system falling into e-stop during operation. Thanks to all who responded lloyd

[Emc-users] odd e-stop issue

2014-09-08 Thread lloyd wilson
Our Techno router has started exhibiting an issue that has defeated several days of diagnostics; it's time to yell for help. We are running LCNC version 2.5.0 through a Pico PPMC interface chassis to the original servo amps. It has run in this configuration for over a year. For the last

Re: [Emc-users] probe program

2014-04-04 Thread lloyd wilson
Thanks - I thought I had seen one (shouldn't try to remember fleeting technology references after the evening's glass of theraputic pinot!) On 04/03/2014 11:08 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 04/03/2014 07:12 PM, lloyd wilson wrote: A requirement has popped up for digitizing an object, so I

[Emc-users] probe program

2014-04-03 Thread lloyd wilson
A requirement has popped up for digitizing an object, so I started looking for a sample program to adapt. There is one reference in the wiki to a program called emcProbe, which is dated 2005. No (at least on the first few pages) references to that program show up on internet searches, and no

Re: [Emc-users] program building puzzlement

2013-02-18 Thread lloyd wilson
Thanks for the reply - I discovered that yesterday by perusing an include file from another C program linked with C++ - hadn't had time to post reply. On 02/18/2013 05:45 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM, lloyd wilson llwilso...@rochester.rr.com wrote

[Emc-users] program building puzzlement

2013-02-16 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm not sure if this should be posted here, on in development - it's a programming question, but it's not an official part of LCNC. I'll start here; if too arcane for this audience, feel free to suggest a re-direction. I'm working on a user-space interface program for my Hurco mill control

[Emc-users] makefile question

2012-10-19 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm starting to work on a user interface program for a physical control panel for my hurco mill can't get the makefile to cooperate. The program will essentially provide a subset of the NML messages as defined in halui, but with modbus communication rather that HAL. To verify the build

Re: [Emc-users] making a new component

2012-06-17 Thread lloyd wilson
Found the problem: in the current build structure, first step needs to be linuxcnc-dev/scripts/rip-environment to setup the build environment thanks all -ldw On 06/16/2012 10:28 PM, lloyd wilson wrote: Curious - I still have a previous source environment (emc2-dev), as well

[Emc-users] making a new component

2012-06-16 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm trying to compile a new component built as a modification of the homann modio package and can't get the makefile to cooperate; it keeps exiting with a complaint about not finding the comp program. The compile environment is healthy; I just did a make of the linuxcnc package without

Re: [Emc-users] making a new component

2012-06-16 Thread lloyd wilson
, not a comp, is that step needed in the make process? -ldw On 06/16/2012 06:20 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 16:51 -0400, lloyd wilson wrote: I'm trying to compile a new component built as a modification of the homann modio package and can't get the makefile to cooperate; it keeps

Re: [Emc-users] making a new component

2012-06-16 Thread lloyd wilson
-16 at 19:22 -0400, lloyd wilson wrote: Thanks for the quick reply; all files are in the same directory, which I've tried placing in linuxcnc root and in the src directory; no change. The find* scripts exist are executable; find-modinc is the script that goes thud, even if run from the command

[Emc-users] spindle tachometer strangeness

2012-05-26 Thread lloyd wilson
First, the Hurco is alive! I carved emc/axis into a piece of aluminum yesterday; thanks to all the participants for creating supporting emc/lcnc/linuxcnc/etc. Now to the next level - I'm using a hall sensor to detect spindle rpm; I get a clean low-going pulse each revolution, as expected.

Re: [Emc-users] spindle tachometer strangeness

2012-05-26 Thread lloyd wilson
negativity should work, understanding would be more satisfying. -ldw On 05/26/2012 12:12 PM, sam sokolik wrote: could you negate the scale of the encoder counter? sam On 05/26/2012 10:21 AM, lloyd wilson wrote: First, the Hurco is alive! I carved emc/axis into a piece of aluminum

Re: [Emc-users] spindle tachometer strangeness

2012-05-26 Thread lloyd wilson
On 05/26/2012 12:52 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: snip 2. Some configurations do not have B inputs as they are just used for counting applications. In this case the counter will always count down (since unconnected inputs are terminated in a 0 state internally in the FPGA) Peter Wallace

[Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-05 Thread lloyd wilson
We are investigating using my favorite cnc controller for an application which will require as much stiffness as we can arrange; websearching suggests that torque mode rather than velocity mode is preferrred in such applications. We are using a Pico PPMC interface set to mediate between the

Re: [Emc-users] compiling hidcomp

2011-03-05 Thread lloyd wilson
On 03/04/2011 08:52 PM, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: That's in there because I do 95% of my development on Windows. I usually develop stuff on windows then move it across to linux when it's almost done. I still haven't found a development environment I like. (tried eclipse, qtcreator, but have

Re: [Emc-users] compiling hidcomp

2011-03-05 Thread lloyd wilson
On 03/05/2011 06:17 PM, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: I'm guessing you are building on Ubuntu 10. Hidcomp was last built and released on Ubuntu 8 (binaries tested on 10) To build on Ubuntu 10... Add to include/datatypes.h #includesys/types.h And in hid/lcddataformatter.cpp, add

[Emc-users] compiling hidcomp

2011-03-04 Thread lloyd wilson
I've downloaded the hidcomp package to use for learning to talk to usb devices (last weeks Pokeys55, actually). When trying to compile the package, I keep getting errors because of #ifdef _WIN32 rgrep doesn't show it being set anywhere in the hid directory structure; does anybody know where I

[Emc-users] Possible router refit

2010-12-09 Thread lloyd wilson
My son runs a Techno router (4 axis) in his business and may need to upgrade the the controller. We are curious if anyone has done a retrofit of one of these machines to emc, and what, if any, are pitfalls to beware of. He uses MasterCam, version X5 to generate the router files. The wiki

[Emc-users] Machine Lubrication via EMC

2010-07-12 Thread lloyd wilson
While dissecting the Hurco mill that I'm converting to EMC, I've realized I don't know how lubrication is handled in CNC machines. This one has an auto oiler (pneumatic driven), and a pump in the machine base that evidently returns oil to the oiler unit. There was a mechanical timer in the

[users] odbc problems

2007-03-26 Thread Lloyd Wilson
I have been trying to attach a base database to a commercial application built around the dbisam (made by elevatesoft). I get some communication between base and the odbc driver ( can see a list of tables), but any attempt to open a table from the list generates an sql error. A year ago,

Re: How do I specify the location of the XML file to DOMConfigurator?

2006-01-26 Thread Lloyd Wilson
Try using getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(filename) this should do the trick. On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:42:13 -0500, Philip Denno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I found that if you give it the absolute path to the file it works but relative paths do not. Is there something else I

SMTPAuthenticationAppender

2006-01-17 Thread Lloyd Wilson
org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog; import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent; /** * This class has been created to provide support for SMTP * authentication and JNDI mail sessions. * * @author Lloyd Wilson * @since 1.0 */ public class SMTPAuthorizationAppender extends AppenderSkeleton

SMTPAuthenticationAppender

2006-01-17 Thread Lloyd Wilson
org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog; import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent; /** * This class has been created to provide support for SMTP * authentication and JNDI mail sessions. * * @author Lloyd Wilson * @since 1.0 */ public class SMTPAuthorizationAppender extends AppenderSkeleton

RE: According to TLD, tag bean:message must be empty, but is not'

2003-07-23 Thread Lloyd Wilson
Post your use of the bean:message tag. Could be a syntax problem. -Original Message- From: Tim Clotworthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:14 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: According to TLD, tag bean:message must be empty, but is not' Can someone

Multiple Application Modules

2003-07-10 Thread Lloyd Wilson
Hello, I have an urgent need to find a resolve to this problem. First off, I sent a post about this the other day, but noone has yet to reply, so I figure it could be either how I worded the question, or noone has encountered the problem. To describe the problem, I'll first start out by

RE: Multiple Application Modules

2003-07-10 Thread Lloyd Wilson
://www.struts-atlanta.org 678-910-8017 AIM:jmitchtx - Original Message - From: Lloyd Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Multiple Application Modules Hello, I have an urgent need to find a resolve to this problem. First off, I sent

RE: Multiple Application Modules

2003-07-10 Thread Lloyd Wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Multiple Application Modules - Original Message - From: Lloyd Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12

RE: Multiple Application Modules

2003-07-10 Thread Lloyd Wilson
and for module b you have defined that its key=test? I think that this is a yes. sandeep --- Lloyd Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How would I retrieve values from my message resource bundle without a key?? Currently, I use the following to access a message resource bundle for a given JSP page

Configuring multiple message resource bundles for each struts module

2003-07-09 Thread Lloyd Wilson
I am using the 1.1 version of struts and was wondering if there is a way that you can define message resource bundles for a given struts config module other than default? Presently, I have the following setup in the web.xml: config config/module1 config/module2 I have 3 separate struts config

RE: tiles attribute as message key?

2003-07-09 Thread Lloyd Wilson
I've had a similar problem and the only way i've been able to resolve it is to do something like the following: tiles:useAttribute name=browserSubtitle / bean:message key=% browserSubtitle.toString () % / That should work as i'm doing something very similar. HTH, Cheers, Lloyd Wilson